Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-09

mann, Eighth Wafdi smallest boy DaDy,
Charles T. Clark, Island.
The successful youngsters were at once
surrounded by an admiring crowd of Ia
dies, and were almost overwhelmed with
caresses and kisses.
THE VARIOUS DISPLAYS.
Yesterday the displays in the various
buildings were complete and at their best,
and o-day they will remain unchanged.
An order was entered yesterday to the eff
feet that nothing among the exhibits
should be disturbed until tomorrow morn
ing, so that the displays tonight will be
in the same perfect state that they were
in yesterday. A tour of the various
buildings yesterday revealed quite
a number OF novelties, and
doubtless there will be no incon-
siderable number of new features to-day.
Among the new things admired yesterday
was the small but very fine display Of cut
flowers in horticultural hall. These were
made up in a number of choice designs,
and were all the time surrounded by an
admiring throDg. The floral display as a
whole is q very fine one this year, and no
small degree Of the credit therefor is due
tn Superintendent Kreiger, of the Park.
He sent in an immense. amount Of choice
plants and flowers, and thereby did much
TO enhance the beauty OF the hall.
The Main Building never looked better
than it did yesterday, and the fact is a
credit to those OF our merchants who had
the enterprise to make display. 1t shows
conclusively what our people could do in
the way of an industrial and mechanical
exhibition, should they some day take q
notion TO 90 into that much-talked-Of
scheme in earnest. All during the pro-
gress of the races, when thousands were at
tracted to the vicinity of the track, the
crowd in the Main Building never let up
for mCmeut. and it was always filled
with Interested spectators.
Machinery Hall, although not supposed
to have many charms for those not intl-
mately connected with agriculture, was at
all times we'll filled, and the same is true of
the other buildings, while the sheds shelter
ing the i've stock were by no means slight
ed by the moving throng. Everybody
seemed 10 realize the magnitude and i'm
portance of the show, and there was nc
feature that did not have the careful atten-
ton of hundreds during the course Of the
day.
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
One of the most interesting amusements
of the day, for one who was safe outside
OF square meal, was to stand in the
vicinity Of the eating booths and watch
the mad scramble of the multitude for
grub. In a good many instances the crowd
about the booths, as the hour of noon
drew nigh, was three or four deep, and the
way they fought for pie and sandwiches and
coffee and cake was q caution to any one
Of DELICATE constitution. But with all
the scrambling, drawn out over hours of
time, there were still hundreds who were
unable to get even a sandwich, and they
had TO 90 hungry until far along towards
evening. The wise manor woman,
either-takes well-tilled lunch basket to
state fair.
A Western Union messenger boy named
Harry Basset,,fell yesterday afternoon while
mOnkeying around the tight-rope layout,
and broke one of his collar bones.
A hack belonging to one of our livery
men had wheel dished on the in-tield in
the afternoon.
A lady was overcome in the Main
Building about two o'clock in the after
noon, and was removed to the residence of
Mrs Stone, where she was cared for.
The cavalcade will take place at noon,
sharp.
The number Of strangers in the city last
night seemed ODE about as great as ever.
At midnight people were walking the
streets in search Of lodgings, while the res
taurants had been completely eaten out,
and had been compelled TO close down.
Look out for big crowd to-day.
There were number of little scrapping
matches ON the grounds during the after
noon.
One OF the officials surprised crook,
yesterday, in the very set OF torcping hiT
for roll which he carried in his hip
pocket.
The Joseph Bell Stove Company has a
magnificent and highly creditable display
of stoves and Arlington rsaSeS. khe lady
who misses inspecting this company's i'm
proved cooking apparatus will miss an i'm
portant feature of the Fair.
Messrs. Bloch Bros representation of
complete tobacco factory was very attrac-
tive. 1t also marks a very Important in
dustty within the city limits on . most ex-
tensive RGale.
The Wheeling Match Company's eacel-
lent exhibit was another sign OF new and
varied manufacturing springing up within
our gates.
NT;sa Nall;a " ,,l,ar. N;ss nDJJr;1,,A
Mrs. l.. c. Reed and Mrs. Wilkinson Orna-
mented large section OF The lain bpilding
with attractive displays Of their skill in
painting and crayon work.
Supt. Kreiger of Wheeling Park had a
fine display of tropical plants in Floral
Hall.
FLORIST Theodore Schreibcr appeared to
mOnOpOlize the noFSl d,splsy. 1t was
very large and fine.
mesa in serving Panhandle Coffee, with
cream aud sugar 10 yeur taste. Their dis
play was immense.
Donaldson, Lewis & Co., the carriage
and buggy manufacturers, had a fine dis
play of their line of goods.
Joseph Speidel & Co. are on hand with
their customary and excellent display of
wholesale grpceries and flours.
There was good deal OF dissatisfaction,
yesterday, over the failure of the Fewiky
aud Ohio River railroads to make fare of
one rate for both ways, as was done by the
other lines.
The display made by the dry goods firm
ofSnOok & Co. was very generally ad-
plired.
There wss 6 biz lot Of prominent Parkers-
burg gentlemen on the grounds. ! hall:
dozen or so of them were accorded the
courtesies of the reporters stand at the
race track.
\ The demand for Charlie Stolrs score
cards, yesterday, was far in excess of the
supply. These YilI be enough to-day for
all.
Henry SeamOn's live Choctaw has bad
eye. The ladies persisted, however, in
believing his animated optical aud facial
movements were simply the result Of An
electrical battery operated by Mr.. Seamon
beneath the floor.
J. NJ. Kinks display of buggies, Jos.